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United States Patent COMBINED BOTTLE CARRYING CASE AND BOTTLE CAP REMOVER Watson A. Straub, Butler, Pa.

Application January 29, 1957, Serial No. 637,007

3 Claims. (Cl. 81-3.1)

My invention relates to bottle opener of the crown cap removing type and more particularly to openers of such form that they can be applied in unitary relation with cases that contain beverage bottles, so as to always be present when the user receives a case of beverages.

The invention has for one of its objects the provision of an opener of such form that it can be applied to beverage cases of fiber board, card board or the like and will be supported thereon strongly enough to resist the force required to pull a cap from a bottle.

Another object of my invention is to provide an opener of the character referred to, in an end wall of the case, which may extend to the other end wall and be connected thereto whereby it will not only hold the opener socket but will resist loads imposed upon the lid of the case, thus avoiding the necessity of a divider partition.

As shown in the accompanying drawing--- Fig. l is a perspective view of a fiber board case equipped with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion of the structure of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a face view of the socket ring of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an edge view thereof.

Fig. 5 is a side elevational view thereof showing the openers and their anchoring members in dash lines.

Fig. 6 is a top view showing the manner in which the opener socket can be applied adjacent to the corner of the case.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view taken of the portion of the case in inverted position, looking in the direction of the arrow of Fig. 6.

In Figs. 1 to 4, the opener is shown as applied to a fiber board or paper-like case that has sides 7, lids 8 and end walls 9. The opener comprises a sheet metal disc 10 with a central portion stamped out to form a ledge 11. An inside washer-like ring 12 is riveted at 13 through the box end to the disc 10 and has a lip 14 struck inward- 1y therefrom for engagement with the edge of a bottle 2,875,654 Patented Mar. 3, 1959 cap to remove it when the bottle is tilted down from the position shown in Fig. 2.

The end-wall 9 is stiifened against the pulling forces exerted when removing a bottle cap, by rods 15 and 16 that extend through holes at 17 and 18, the rod extending through both the members 12 and 10. Also they are welded together at 19 and rod 15 extends along the fold 21 in the divider wall 20, which usually serves simply as a tie member for the end walls, and to support the lid members 8 against weights imposed thereon. They can extend clear to the outer end of the case and have their ends connected to another opener such as shown in Fig. 2, or the rods could simply be riveted at their other ends to the other end wall. The case will have the usual dividers or separators below the dividers.

As a modification, the rods 15 and 16 can serve to withstand loads on the lid members 8 and strengthen the case to such an extent that the divider wall 20 will not be necessary.

In Figs. 6 and 7, the socket member 10 is positioned adjacent to a vertical corner of the box. The end wall 9 of the case is held against distortion or tearing by the angular extension 24 of the inner socket link 25. The tongue 26 corresponds to the ledge 11 of Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention:

1. A bottle-carrying case that has bottom, side and end walls, a rod connecting the end walls adjacent to their upper edges, a bottle cap remover carried by one end wall and connected at its upper edge to said rod, and an inwardly and upwardly sloping brace member connecting the lower edge of the opener to the said rod.

2. A case as recited in claim 1, wherein the case walls are of fiber board or the like and the said end walls are connected by a downwardly-folded partition in whose fold the rod is disposed.

3. A case as recited in claim 2, wherein each side wall has a half lid member hinged thereto along one edge, the other two edges of the lid members meeting at the median longitudinal line of the top of the case, and directly above the said fold.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 0 D. 158,957 Haberkorn June 13, 1950 1,060,674 Foster May 6, 1913 2,736,487 George Feb. 28, 1956 2,806,393 Vickers Sept. 17, 1957 FOREIGN PATENTS 485,436 Great Britain May 19, 1938 669,230 Great Britain Apr. 2, 1952 

